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Teterboro Airport Noise Has Gotten Worse, Says New Pascack Valley Group Fighting Teterboro Airport Noise Has Gotten Worse, Says New Pascack Valley Group Fighting
Teterboro Airport Noise Has Gotten Worse, Says New Pascack Valley Group Fighting For residents in the Pascack Valley region, the noise from private planes flying into Teterboro Airport has become a quality of life issue. Taxpayers for Airport Noise Solutions (TANS) is a new organization that has formed to give a voice to those grievances. The group has circulated a petition, which has almost 900 signatures, requesting the FAA change the flight plans for flights into Teterboro Airport Runway 19 by having them fly over Route 17, a less residential area.  TANS is an offshoot of Teterboro Aircraft Noise Abatement Advisory Committee (TANAAC), a group formed in 1987 for …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Truck's 50+ Blaring Speakers Rattle Jersey Shore Town Truck's 50+ Blaring Speakers Rattle Jersey Shore Town
Truck's 50+ Blaring Speakers Rattle Jersey Shore Town West Long Branch Police said they cracked down on a truck driver who was blasting music loud enough to shake the patrol vehicle. A traffic stop followed several complaints of vehicles driving through the Borough blaring excessively loud music at late hours. On April 15 at approximately midnight, while patrolling, an officer discovered a vehicle driving down Monmouth Road playing music so loud it shook his patrol vehicle.  After conducting a motor vehicle stop, it was discovered this truck had a stereo system equipped with 28 speakers, 25 subwoofers and several amplifiers, police said…

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by Jon Craig
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Yes, Again: Explosions Expected To Rattle South Jersey During Military Base's Weekend Training Yes, Again: Explosions Expected To Rattle South Jersey During Military Base's Weekend Training
Yes, Again: Explosions Expected To Rattle South Jersey During Military Base's Weekend Training There's a downside to living near the state's largest military base. South Jersey residents should prepare for another rocket-filled weekend of military training, officials warn.  That training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst begins with two days worth of “abundant noise” exercises from live weapons and cratering explosions starting Friday, NJ Advance Media reports. Complaints came into local police departments two weeks ago during two days of unusually loud exercises, which can be felt and heard in Burlington, Mercer,  Monmouth and Ocean counties, the outlet says. The noise from the…

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by Jon Craig